Police: Husband Matthew Leili a suspect in wife Nique Leili's death

Dental records confirmed that a body found Saturday belonged to a missing Lawrenceville woman, Gwinnett County police told the AJC Monday afteoon. The woman's husband has been named a suspect.
Family photo Nique Leili, 44, had been missing since July 8, 2011. Her body was found Saturday, July 16, in the Oak Village subdivision where she lived.

Dominique Leili, 44, had been missing more than a week when family and friends gathered to search for the woman Saturday. A co-worker discovered a decomposed body under a piles of leaves in the neighborhood where the couple have lived nearly 12 years.

Monday afteoon, the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner confirmed that the remains were those of Nique "Nikki" Leili through dental records, Cpl. Jake Smith told the AJC. Her husband, Matthew John Leili, has been named a suspect in the woman's death, Smith said. So far, no arrests have been made.

The cause of death has not yet been released, but the case is being investigated as a homicide, Smith said.

Matthew John Leili filed for divorce five days after he last saw his wife, according to documents filed in Gwinnett County Superior Court.

Leili, 43, filed for divorce July 13 from Dominique Leili, court records show. Two days earlier, Matt Leili called his wife's family to say she had left the couple's home two days before and hadn't been seen since. Only Nique Leili's toothbrush was missing, Matt Leili told the family.

Gwinnett police confirmed that Matt Leili reported his wife missing July 11, telling investigators he had last seen her July 9.

Before the official confirmation, family members said they felt certain the remains belong to the 44-year-old mother of three.

"Still waiting for a positive ID but based on the identifying features the ME gave us it's definitely her. My sister is gone," Amy Elk, Nique Leili's younger sister, tweeted Saturday.

The Leilis ran a business, M&N Communications, from their Lawrenceville home, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office.